This is a terrific but frightening
book, well written and well documented. China
places a very high strategic value on deception and making us believe they are
weak and have no intentions of surpassing the US. He cites a Chinese proverb from
the Warring States period that China's
military and civilian leaders often use: Wai
ru, nei fa--"On the outside, be benevolent. On the inside, be
ruthless." He believes that all recent presidents--Republican as well as
Democrat, have been fooled by the benevolent outside, as have most China
experts, himself included until he started reading things he wasn't supposed to
read. The book details how China
has stolen technology and IP, built up it's cyber-attack forces, developed
"Assassin's Mace" asymmetric weapons to counter our much more
expensive weapons, and is working on all fronts to replace us. The military
buildup, in their strategic thinking comes last, so as not to alert the
"old Hegemon" to their intentions. Very scary read by one of the US
government's leading China Experts for about 40 years. Pillsbury speaks and
reads Mandarin, and has had access to top Chinese leaders, hawks as well as
moderates, and Chinese defectors, as well as obscure books and documents that
most westerners never get to see. In my 80-page 2011 book, The Coming Collapse of the American Republic, I cite the rise of China as a military and industrial power as one
of four trends that if not reversed, will lead to the collapse of America.
Pillsbury convinces me that I didn't go far enough. You should read this
book--and send a copy, or at least a recommendation, to your favorite
presidential candidate.

I was out-of-pocket most of Friday, rehab in the morning,
eye follow up in the afternoon. So at 5:00 pm, I was looking at 109 unopened
emails. Good news is the eyes are fine; 20-25 without glasses, 20-15 with the
bifocals they ordered for me. Still, of course, need the reading help, as the
surgeries don't correct presbyopia. ~Bob

Excerpt: The New York Times is slamming the Clinton campaign and
their allies for accusing the newspaper of outsourcing their journalism to
"right-wing" authors and sources.

"I wonder is if the Clinton message machine ever decides to kind
of recalibrate and dial it back a little bit. Because right now, and this isn't
all coming from the Clinton camp itself but from the orbit around them where
you have these people whose main goal is to misdirect and obfuscate every time
there's the slightest bit of criticism about the Clintons leadership," NYT
reporter Jeremy Peters said during an interview with MSNBC. "They are
definitely misdirecting here. I mean, this is what Media Matters exists to
do."

Team Hillary: Critics Can't Prove Corruption With a 'Shred'
of Direct Evidence. By Guy Benson

Excerpt: In a preview of Fox News’ upcoming special on the
allegations that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traded political favors for
donations to the Clinton Foundation, The New York Times reporter Jo Becker
revealed that the Clintons
straight-up lied to her about whether Bill Clinton had attended a key meeting.

Clinton Cash: More Names Revealed of Foundation
Donors Who Benefited from Hillary's State Department. By Alexander Marlow

Excerpt: On Thursday, the New York Times verified
and confirmed facts presented in the forthcoming book Clinton Cash which
reveals that in October 2010, then-Sec. of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
approved the Russian government’s takeover of a company named Uranium One—a
decision that gave away half of U.S. uranium output to the Russian government,
resulted in the deal’s investors giving the Clinton Foundation $145 million,
and occurred while Bill Clinton made hundreds of thousands of dollars in
speaking fees paid for by Kremlin-connected businesses. Breitbart News has also
learned the names of several additional Clinton Foundation donors who were the
beneficiaries of Hillary Clinton’s State Department policies beyond those
revealed by other sources that have reported on Clinton Cash.

[VIDEO] Report:
'Relationship With the Clintons' Requirement to
Get Contract for Rebuilding Haiti

Excerpt: "Another bombshell set to drop on the growing
scandal surrounding the Clintons.
Fox News now learning about a direct connection between money flowing to the
Clinton Foundation and the effort to rebuild a devastated Haiti in
2010," said host Bill Hemmer.

Hillary Clinton
Staffs Up for Grassroots Assault in Florida.
By Kevin Darby

Excerpt: Currently, the Clinton
campaign is hiring staff in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and American
territories as part of its “Ramp Up Grassroots Organizing Program.” These new
staffers are working to build a grassroots base for Clinton. A Clinton
staffer informed Sunshine State News Friday that Sandy Ducane will be leading
the campaign’s grassroots operation in Florida.
Ducane will be based in BrowardCounty but will be traveling throughout the state as
he works to build a grassroots organization for the Clinton campaign.

Excerpt: The qualities of an effective presidency do not
seem to transfer onto a post-presidency. Jimmy Carter was an ineffective
president who became an exemplary post-president. Bill Clinton appears to be
the reverse. All sorts of unproven worst-case-scenario questions float around
the web of connections between Bill’s private work, Hillary Clinton’s public
role as secretary of State, the Clintons’
quasi-public charity, and Hillary’s noncompliant email system. But the
best-case scenario is bad enough: The Clintons have been disorganized and
greedy. The news today about the Clintons
all fleshes out, in one way or another, their lack of interest in policing
serious conflict-of-interest problems that arise in their overlapping roles:

Excerpt: Liberalism has
succeeded in infiltrating the U.S.
military, America’s
last bastion of discipline, honor, and respect. Liberals have succeeded in
destroying the family, education, the economy, and just about everything they
set their sights on. It seems that they were not satisfied until they could
force their agenda on the world’s most powerful and disciplined military. This
week, the Army ROTC cadets at Arizona State University were forced to walk
around campus in
uniform wearing red pumps for an event called “Walk A Mile in Her
Shoes” to raise awareness of sexual violence against women on college campuses.
As reported by the Washington Times, in 2014, the Army encouraged
participation in the April event. However; this year, the ROTC candidates at
ASU were faced with a volunteer event that became mandatory. Or they
were voluntold, the term we used to use in the military. As a retired
veteran, to see the photo of the young future leaders being humiliated walking
around in red pumps made my blood boil. (The head of
this ROTC unit should be fired. --Don)

Excerpt: The American Civil Liberties Union has launched a
lawsuit against the federal government to force Catholic groups that take
taxpayer dollars to provide birth control and abortions for illegal immigrants.
“We have heard reports that Catholic bishops are prohibiting Catholic charities
from allowing teens in their care to access critical services like
contraception and abortion, even if the teenager has been raped on her journey
to the United States or in a detention facility,” said ACLU staff attorney
Brigitte Amiri, Fox News reported.

Excerpt: A group of minutemen watching the Mexican Border
for illegal migrants and drug traffickers, have proceeded to the citizen arrest
of two men in an SUV, carrying 1300 pounds of cocaine. The volunteers
were completely astonished when the two arrestees pulled out CIA ID cards and
explained they were actually carrying the drug as part of their duties and that
the cargo belonged to the Central Intelligence Agency.

Excerpt: On occasion I receive comment from a
reader whose words, I believe, need the public eye and ear. Such a
note came the other day in reply to my recent commentaries about women in
ground combat. What follows is from a parent, grandparent, and one who -
though not a Marine nor having served in the military - knows a little
something about Marines. Published, with permission, with a couple of minor
edits - italics [with explanation] - to protect identity (as
requested)...

Excerpt: Here’s a story that doesn’t often get written:
Politicians in Minnesota
voted against spending public money on a new stadium. A bill passed by the
state Senate on Tuesday seeks to block any future attempt to get state
taxpayers to pay for part of a proposed new soccer stadium in downtown Minneapolis.

But that’s only after spending more than $1 billion on four
other sports facilities in the past decade. Matheson examines the stadium
building craze that has swept the country since the 1990s, tests the claim that
stadiums boost economic development and talks about why Minnesota’s Metrodome is a perfect example
for showing why they don’t. (I had a survey call the other night. They started
in asking if I knew that the NBA had said the Milwaukee Bucks would move
without a new stadium, and that they bring in $XXX millions of dollars that
will be lost, etc. Obviously trying to get a biased sample in favor of
taxpayers springing for a new stadium. I said I was opposed to taxpayers
funding sports, arts or any other form of entertainment and hung up. ~Bob)

Excerpt: Nashville swingers club
has undergone a conversion - it says it's now a church - in order to win city
approval so it can open next to a Christian school. The story began last fall,
when a fixture in downtown Nashville
called The Social Club sold its building and purchased a new one in a run-down
office park several miles to the east. The new building is geographically
isolated at the end of a dead-end street, but it is near the back of GoodpastureChristianSchool,
a large private school serving pre-school through high school children. (Oh, My
F’n God! It seems to me one of the most basic conservative principles is to
mind one’s own business. Unless they’re doing it in the parking lot, how would
any outsider know what form of worship they choose to use? Further, many
"naturist" and "sun parks," not to mention nude beaches,
allow whole families to attend–and that is perfectly legal. No doubt there will
be frequent inspections of the kitchens and bathrooms by the Health Department
and the exits by the Fire Department. A friend named Bob once had me ordained
as a minister–he paid $5 for it as a gag gift–and I tried to start the
First Church of Inside Straights. We believed the Lord favors the elect in
games of chance, so the most blessed would win the most. My then wife said
"no," the state said "no," and I never got a reply from the
IRS. Ron P. That would be me. I got Ron a certificate from the UniversalLifeChurch,
which ordained anyone. They made me a Druid. Thankfully, I have always believed
God has a sense of humor--it explains a lot. ~Bob)

Excerpt: Listing the vehicle as a “mobile computing device,”
the law would hypothetically protect automakers from pesky owners looking to
alter any sort of technology in the vehicle that relates to the onboard
computer. Flashing your ECU would be a big no no, which could also lead to all
sorts of problems for aftermarket shops. What GM, and even tractor companies
like John Deere, argues is that you, as an owner, don’t actually own your car.
Rather, you’re sort of just borrowing it for an extended amount of time and
paying for the rights to use the technology. If it sounds ridiculous— it is.
But it gets even more ludicrous.

Rubio Takes on Export-Import Bank: ‘Government Should Not
Be Picking Winners and Losers’. By Melissa Quinn

Excerpt: Ed Schultz went on a screed against President Obama
on the Thursday’s broadcast after the president cracked a joke about
MSNBC’s opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) just moments before.
Schultz interrupted his interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders, also an opponent to
the TPP, to rip President Obama and challenge him to come on his show and have
a “face to face” over the trade deal. “I supported you big time. I was the
first liberal talker to support you. I’ve carried your water big time when it
comes to health care, I’ve carried your water on the economy and defending your
move on the automobile industry, but Mr. President, you can take shots at this
network, but I guarantee you, you are wrong on this and you cannot prove to the
American people,” Schultz said.

Rising Dragon News

China Says Please Stop Hiring Funeral Strippers
- WSJ

http://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-CJB-26642
Excerpt: In China, friends and family of the deceased may have to do without a
special form of funereal entertainment: strippers. According to a statement
from the Ministry of Culture on Thursday, the government plans to work closely
with the police to eliminate such performances, which are held with the goal of
drawing more mourners.

Excerpt: The official Chinese government news agency,
Xinhua, has demanded the US
immediately adopt stricter gun control measures to reduce the number of
firearms the US
populace is permitted to possess. (Ten times as many people die from pollution
in China
than from guns here. There is a reason they prefer us disarmed, and unknowing
abort firearms. ~Bob)

Excerpt: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will send a clear message
to the United States when he
visits Washington next week: Japan is ready
to take more responsibility for security on the world stage. Behind that
message, the conservative leader will want fresh assurances that America will show up if needed in any clash with China, conversations with
politicians and experts show. "America of course has been committed to and
has interest in Asia, but we would like it to turn its eyes even more to Asia,
and build up its influence toward China," Hajime Funada, head of a ruling
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) panel on revising Japan's pacifist constitution,
told Reuters in an interview.

Gun News

Concealed Carry in Massachusetts

As I emailed you yesterday, my LTC
finally showed up. Counting from the date of my "interview," it took
7 months and 5 days to get. Most of that time--nearly 6 months--was waiting for
a record on microfiche from 1969 for a motor vehicle infraction--for which I
paid a $25 fine, not exactly a serious crime--to be retrieved and emailed to
the investigating officer. The rest was waiting for the actual physical license
to be produced and sent to the local PD for me to pick up.

It seems to me there are several
problems here. First is the time it took to produce the record. Had this been a
criminal matter or considered "important," it would've shown up in
hours or days, not nearly 6 months later. Second is the lack of accountability
in the system. If no one knows "where in the queue" any given item is
at any given moment; how can managers control what they can't measure? It's a
bureaucrat's dream to have authority without responsibility. The third problem
is the length of time it takes to make the physical license. As little as I
like the Registry of Motor Vehicles for their poor customer service, I have to
admire their ability to turn out high quality, secure driver's licenses and
state IDs at a consistent rate of 20,000 to 30,000 every week. So, of course,
instead of having them do it, the job was given to the Criminal Records
Division that struggles to put out 1,000 a week. Fourth and finally is the
sheer amount of time the process took. In law, they say "Justice delayed
is justice denied." A process that takes 2 or 3 months seems reasonable; four
months isn't. Six months is disgraceful. More than seven is likely an illegal
restriction on exercise of a Constitutional Right. But, it takes money and time
to fight, and now that I've finally received my LTC, it seems fruitless to
pursue it further--not to mention possible reprisals ("Littering again,
eh? Here's your ticket, Sir"). --Ron P.

Excerpt: Meanwhile, the deaths of whites at the hands of law
enforcement typically receive less attention, even when the case is shrouded in
controversy. For example, Gilbert Collar, an 18-year-old white student at the
University of South Alabama, was shot and killed while naked, unarmed and under
the influence of drugs by a black police officer. ... “Adjusted for the
homicide rate, whites are 1.7 times more likely than blacks die at the hands of
police,” he said. “Adjusted for the racial disparity at which police are
feloniously killed, whites are 1.3 times more likely than blacks to die at the
hands of police.” Mr.
Moskos listed two possible reasons for the racial disparity. The first
is that police assigned to largely black neighborhoods face “more political
fallout when they shoot, and thus receive better training and are less inclined
to shoot.”

Excerpt: DoctorsMedicalCenter
was operating on a deficit. The latest loss figure was $18 million a
year. The hospital was losing that much money because 90 percent of its
patients are on Medicare or Medi-Cal. The hospital found it impossible to
survive on those reimbursements which run as low as 60 cents on the
dollar.

Undocumented Democrat News

Liberal Media In A
Frenzy Over Walker’s
Pro-Worker Immigration Stance. By Rachel Stoltzfoos

Excerpt: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Monday immigration
policy should be American-worker centered, apparently striking a nerve with the
liberal media, who called it extreme and used tweets from a disgruntled
former employee to criticize the move.

The Washington Post, MSNBC, and Huffington Post said the
stance is a dumb move politically, because only a small number of right-wing
extremists question the economic value of legal immigration. (I notice that
every progressive is in favor of the country taking in an unlimited number of
both legal and illegal immigrants, and providing them with food, clothing,
shelter, education and health care as a basic human right, but I know of no
progressives who have taken even one immigrant family into their own home and
provided them with these basic rights at their own expense. ~Bob)

Excerpt: Without generous federal
subsidies and a net metering rule, green energy projects in Mississippi probably
aren’t worth the effort. Jeff Seabold — a local architect who specializes in
sustainable homes that use renewable energy, recycled materials when available
and energy-saving concepts when possible — isn’t recommending his
customers add solar panels to their homes or businesses.

Excerpt: The Saudi-led military
intervention in Yemen
threatens to turn what has been a civil war between competing branches of Islam
into a wider regional struggle involving Iran. It could also destroy any
hope of stability in Yemen.
Even before the Saudis and their Arab allies started the bombing, Yemen was in
severe distress;on Tuesday,
the United Nations high commissioner for human rights warned that it is now on
the brink of collapse. (It is refreshing to see a major news outlet NOT
pushing the narrative that Iran
is the more dangerous nation between Saudi Arabia
and Iran.
Perhaps the Saudis have finally shown their hand and their brutality, support
of terror and blind religious fanaticism can no longer be concealed from
the public. After all, every time a Muslim beheads a Christian in the ME, there
is some Saudi money behind the evil deed. And the only boots on the ground
capable of stopping ISIS are Iranian. Don
Hank. The Saudi fear is that they could end up with hostile Shi'a regimes on
two borders, Iraq and Yemen, backed by a nuke-armed Iran, and
greatly outnumbering them in manpower. Will we protect their oil fields? With
what? ~Bob)

Excerpt: Armenian President Serge Sargsyan warned Wedsnesday
about the danger to the world of the denial of the genocide of over 1.5 million
Armenians by Muslim hordes of the Ottoman Empire.
The national day for the remembrance of this massacre, which
hit especially Armenian Christians, will be held in Armenia next
Friday. “Genocide is a failure of the international community and its impunity
is the premise for its repetition,” said Sargsyan in his opening speech in an
international forum on the genocide, held in the Armenian capital. (Our thanks
to Julio for writing this frank and straightforward article on the
glaring absence of the US and some of its allies among the civilised
nations who condemn the Armenian genocide these 100 years since this atrocity
took place (the anniversary is tomorrow). Though many European countries
are too cowardly to acknowledge it (apparently because Turkey is a
NATO member -- how it was ever admitted I will never understand), the
European Union, along with the the pope, acknowledges it
(Pope Francis was threatened for doing so). Obama condemned the Bush
administration for not acknowledging it as genocide but is now
following suit and also refuses to call it genocide. But of course, when some
strident voices first declared that the Christian Serbs were committing
genocide against the Muslim Kosovars (who were equally guilty of the kind of
atrocities that are routinely associated with Muslim fanatics), the US
government under Bill Clinton immediately joined the chorus calling it genocide.
A Spanish forensic team declared after the war that the killings did not rise
to the level of genocide. Christians are held to a different standard.
DESPICABLE! --Don Hank)

Excerpt: These past eight days we've had the sad duty to
commemorate two of the past century's fits of human genocide. On April 16th we
were asked to remember the Jewish holocaust. And so tragically less known was
the Armenian massacre that marks the hundredth anniversary of man's savagery to
man. April 24th, 2015...commemorating a day when one of the world's great
cultures was nearly wiped from the face of the earth. Two million
Armenians...killed over an innocuous little suffix; "ism". An
"ism"...totally harmless...until a hateful man, and a hateful philosophy
stands in front of it and makes it an ugly thing indeed. The Armenians who
survived have been offered all manner of explanations as to why their fathers
and mothers, sisters and brothers, uncles and aunts and grandparents and great
grandparents were raped, tortured, murdered. But when you add up all the
excuses, and boil them down, the slaughter was born from two fathers ; hate and
greed.

Excerpt: Several US states have sought to ban
sharia, but these laws have been overturned, and the proponents ridiculed as a
phobe-du-jour (I lose track of the phobias that underlie any disagreement with
liberal orthodoxy). The argument runs to the effect that sharia law would not
be used in criminal cases, it would only be used in cases of arbitration where
all parties agreed to the rules to be used. Contrary to what critics would have
you believe, this is not an inconsequential problem. For proof of that we need
only look at Britain
where sharia courts have taken over predominantly muslim communities and have
essentially eradicated an vestiges of Western concepts of justice or equality.

Excerpt: Two of my abusers had already threatened to kill
me. Even in the court, I feared no one could stop these depraved men, all in
their 30s, from leaping out to attack me as I gave evidence against them. The
court guide assured me I would be safe, but nothing was going to allay my fears
entirely.

Denmark: Muslims who whipped woman in face with iron chains laugh in court. By
Nicolai Sennels

Excerpt: There were both laughing and high fives when a
group of young men today sat in the court, accused of a serious assault on
Nanna Skovmand and Mads Schøllhammer on Christmas night. A few times during the
reading of the indictment, the defendants broke out in laughter – partly when
the details of the attack were read.